For everyone who wants to refocus on the essentials as we head toward the season of love (and who prefers chocolate—whether hot in a mug or creamy on a dessert—anyway), a small workshop in the Black Forest has designed this Advent strip. Simple and beautiful, this perpetual Advent calendar creates a festive atmosphere in your home, whether on the holiday table, the windowsill, or the dresser. On the bar made of solid, carefully sanded oak, you count down the days until Christmas Eve just like on a classic Advent calendar: Instead of opening a little door, each day you slide the stainless-steel fir tree along the date bar; its arrow-shaped base displays the date. And with its soft glow, your tea light in the matching glass holder enhances the festive atmosphere of your Advent and Christmas decorations—year after year.